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Archaeologists Just Discovered Something Shocking About How Neanderthals Lived at Home
Archaeologists found evidence that Neanderthals organized their shelters into separate areas for sleeping, cooking, and waste disposal.
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Scientists Just Discovered That Neanderthals Loved Eating Beaver
Scientists found evidence that our ancient relatives butchered beavers and marmots for food roughly 130,000 years ago. Yes, actual beavers.
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Why This 75,000-Year-Old Stabbing Victim Is Changing How We See Neanderthals
A likely fatal spear wound hints at violence, while healed facial injuries suggest this Neanderthal had help surviving earlier trauma.
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Photo: SafakOguz / Getty Images Scientists Just Found Another Way Neanderthals Were Built Tougher Than Us
A new study found Neanderthals had wider, sturdier heel bones, while modern footwear and sedentary life may have made our feet less rugged.
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Some Humans May Still Be Carrying Neanderthal Strength in Their DNA, Study Finds
Researchers say the inherited neanderthal growth hormone receptor variant is linked to slightly more lean muscle mass.
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Neanderthals and Humans May Have Shared a Common Culture for 20,000 Years
Remains from a cave in Türkiye suggest Neanderthals and modern humans may have exchanged ideas and traditions.
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Neanderthals May Not Have Inbred Themselves Into Extinction After All, New Study Finds
New DNA evidence suggests some Neanderthal groups were genetically diverse and more interconnected than previously believed.
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Photo: Science Photo Library / Getty Images A Major Difference Between Neanderthals and Ancient Humans? Chowing Down on Maggots.
While prehistoric humans mostly avoided insects, Neanderthals were all about them.
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Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images A Neanderthal Tooth Proved Ancient Dentistry Existed, and It Was Absolutely Brutal
Anesthesia was not invented until the 1840s, so it’s safe to assume the Neanderthals were hardcore.
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Photo: Gregory Adams / Getty Images Scientists Just Figured Out Why Neanderthals Collected Rhino Teeth
They weren’t dummies who were smashing random objects together. They were creating things that helped create other things.
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Slim3D/Getty Images Researchers Think They Figured Out Why Neanderthals Went Extinct, and It’s the Wildest Theory Yet
New modeling suggests the real survival advantage wasn’t intelligence, but staying connected when things got rough.
